A group of orphans smiling, taken by Jacob A. Riis, ca. 1890

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Precious wonderful faces.

Hoping beyond hope that they had loving happy lives.

« “Mulberry A” at Omaha Beach, Normandy. One of two artificial harbors constructed by the Allies to help channel supplies into France. It and its counterpart “Mulberry B” at Gold Beach were two of the most amazing – and expensive – engineering feats of World War II. Mid June, 1944.

On a visit to the Soviet Union in 1990, my grandfather came into contact with the underground press. The picture shows Misyua, who wrote and bound illegal books in his own apartment in Moscow. »

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